DESCRIPTION

This module finds the closest mirror for an IP address. It uses Geo::IP to identify the country that the IP address originated from. If the country is not represented in the mirror list, then it finds the closest country using a latitude/longitude table.

The mirror file should be a space separate list of URL, Country, and mirror freshness. The mirror freshness is optional and can be used by user request a mirror with a minimum freshness.

AUTHOR

Copyright (c) 2004, MaxMind LLC, support@maxmind.com

All rights reserved. This package is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.